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<h2 class="title">THE MAN AND THE SATYR</h2>

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<li><a href="#nowhere" class="bordered satyr"><span class="tip">Satyr: 
Mythological being of ancient Greece.  Not known to be fond of contradictions.</span>
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<li><a href="#nowhere" class="bordered man"><span class="tip">Man:
Biological being known to be full of contractictions.</span></a>
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A <span class="picturedef man">man</span>
 and a Satyr became <span class="picturedef friends">friends</span>
, and determined to live
together. All went <span class="picturedef well">well</span>
 for a while, until one day in <span class="picturedef winter">winter</span>
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the Satyr <span class="picturedef saw">saw</span>
 the <span class="picturedef man">man</span>
 blowing on his hands. "Why do you do that?"
he asked. "To warm my hands," said the <span class="picturedef man">man</span>
. That same day, when
they sat <span class="picturedef down">down</span>
 to supper together, they each had a <span class="picturedef steam">steaming</span>
 <span class="picturedef hot">hot</span>
 <span class="picturedef bowl">bowl</span>

of <span class="picturedef porridge">porridge</span>
, and the <span class="picturedef man">man</span>
 raised his <span class="picturedef bowl">bowl</span>
 to his <span class="picturedef mouth">mouth</span>
 and blew on
it. "Why do you do that?" asked the Satyr. "To cool my <span class="picturedef porridge">porridge</span>
,"
said the <span class="picturedef man">man</span>
. The Satyr got <span class="picturedef up">up</span>
 from the <span class="picturedef table">table</span>
. "Good-bye," said he,
"I'm going: I can't be <span class="picturedef friends">friends</span>
 with a <span class="picturedef man">man</span>
 who blows <span class="picturedef hot">hot</span>
 and <span class="picturedef cold">cold</span>

with the same breath."</p>
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